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Kazuo Ishiguro: 'When you go from book to film, that’s a fireside moment'
May 16, 2025 - 5:14 PM

CANNES, France (AP) — Kazuo Ishiguro 's mother was in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb was dropped.
Book Review: Allison Larkin's latest is a heartfelt story of small-town America, set in her hometown
May 16, 2025 - 4:43 PM

A heartfelt presentation of small-town American life and the joys and struggles that go with it, “Home of the American Circus” centers on Freya who, at 30, must move back home and deal with the house her parents left her. As she addresses the neglected property, Freya faces memories of childhood neglect.
Bono: 'The world has never been closer to a world war in my lifetime'
May 16, 2025 - 3:49 PM

CANNES, France (AP) — Cannes is a short trip from Bono’s seaside villa in Eze-sur-Mer. He bought it with The Edge in 1993, and considers himself grateful to a coastline that, he says, gave him a “delayed adolescence.”
Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world
May 16, 2025 - 12:24 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The internet wouldn't be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.
TIFF to introduce new audience choice award for international films
May 16, 2025 - 11:44 AM

TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival is introducing a new people's choice award for international films.
Former President George W. Bush draws inspiration close to his Dallas home in his latest paintings
May 16, 2025 - 8:37 AM

DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush didn't need to look too far for inspiration for his newest works of art.
Sebastián Yatra releases new album 'Milagro' inspired by life's small miracles
May 16, 2025 - 7:25 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — For Colombian singer-songwriter Sebastián Yatra, life is full of small miracles that come from dance, family and freedom.
Book about Canadian COVID-19 response, 'Seized by Uncertainty,' wins Donner Prize
May 16, 2025 - 7:03 AM

TORONTO - A book about Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has won the Donner Prize for public policy writing.
Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin
May 15, 2025 - 9:06 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Amber Ruffin looked out upon hundreds of writers, publishers and editors gathered for PEN America's annual gala and shared her experience of being on the receiving end of censorship.
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' dies at 96
May 15, 2025 - 5:25 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway's industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as "Annie," "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Applause," died Thursday. He was 96.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

Iconic Penticton Peach concession stand back in local hands
After a few years with an out-of-town operator, The Peach concession stand in Penticton has a local one. Ice cream and sweets shop Tickleberry’s is going to be operating the stand this summer as well as the Skaha Main concession stand

Pennsylvania House advances bill legalizing recreational marijuana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians 21 or older would be allowed to legally purchase and use marijuana under a bill that passed the state House on Wednesday, the first time a recreational cannabis proposal has been approved by either legi

Property management company fined twice for ignoring asbestos issue at same Vernon building
A BC property management company, fined $9,000 for failing to deal with asbestos dust when it ripped up vinyl flooring at a Vernon property, has been stung with a further $18,000 fine when inspectors following up found it still flouting the rules

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Kazuo Ishiguro: 'When you go from book to film, that’s a fireside moment'

Book Review: Allison Larkin's latest is a heartfelt story of small-town America, set in her hometown

Bono: 'The world has never been closer to a world war in my lifetime'

Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world

TIFF to introduce new audience choice award for international films

Former President George W. Bush draws inspiration close to his Dallas home in his latest paintings

Sebastián Yatra releases new album 'Milagro' inspired by life's small miracles

Book about Canadian COVID-19 response, 'Seized by Uncertainty,' wins Donner Prize

Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin

Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' dies at 96

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